St. Paul daily globe., 1887-08-21
CROOKS IS A CORKER.
st. Paul's Ultra Noisy Second
BaSeman Wins the Game
at Minneapolis.
La Crosse Has a Benefit Game
and is Shut Out by
Oshkosh.
Eau Claire Badly Beaten by
Duluth--MilWaukee Wins
From DeS Moines.
Some Good Contests in the Ma
tional League--General
Sporting News.

There seems to be fatality i'll the
ball games Minneapolis plays with st.
Paul. and the former cannot win. Yes
terday afternoon he Minneapolis team
Outplayed the visitors at every point,
and still lost the game. AT the tai END
of the ninth inning, with two men out
and the third down to three strikes and
four bal ;. the sphere was pounded over
the left field fence for a home run,
which was also the winning run. st.
Paul played very rocky fielding game,
nearly every man who had an OppOrtu-
nifty making errors. StOckwelfS work
behind the bat was very weak, and his
numerous passed balls appeared to be
intentional. us if to prevent an exhibit
ton of bad throwing. The Minneapolis
fielding was neat and sharp. but while
the team made but two errors, these
two were responsible for three runs,
while St. Paul'S errors were in innings
that did not Weld runs. st. Paul also
got fewer hits, but three Of them were
home runs, and two when there were
men OH the bases and two men
out. Neither team could bunch hits
to any extent. and the pitching on both
sides was excellent. The game was
made exciting by the presence of eager
partisanS from the two cities, and the
cries, eat calls and guys" passing
about showed the VARYING standing of
the game Crooks foghorn voice was
taken up. and cries of ''HOOH echoed
over the field at every play. Murphy
opened the game with fly which Willis
muffed, and two scores came i'll on
Burch's hit over the right field fence.
In the the third inning. without hit,
MINNEAPOLIS TIED THE SCORE
on errors by Pickett and SOWdeTS and
wild pitch. Hits by Foster, Hawes and
Kreig gave another run in the fifth, but
St. Paul took the lead in the same in
ming on Crooks triple, Murphy's single
and wild throw. Minneapolis again
tied the score in the sixth on PattOn'S
triple and an out. and i'll the next in
ming got lead of two runs on Burr h
muff of Fosters fly, followed by hits by
HaweS and Strict. st. Paul started that
inning well, Pickett lining out hit and
getting second on a passed ball.
Crooks flew out to Patton
and Pickett attempted to come
in from second on SOWderS out at first,
but he cut across the field without get
ting nearer than twenty feet of third
base. When declared out he made
great uprOar. and five minutes were
given the team to take the field or for
felt the game. Just before the eXpira-
ton of that time the men went to their
places. In the eighth, after two men
were out. Shaw fumbled Cleveland'S
grOunder and the score was tied by
WilmOt's hit over right-field fence. FoS-
ter opened the ninth with hit to cen
ter, but was caught lodging about first
base, Hawes and Kreig going out in
order. St. Paul came in for the last
half, Stockwell and Pickett going out
at first Crooks had three strikes and
four balls called, when Kreig foolishly
signaled for a low ball. 1t came. and
was hOiSted over the left-field fence for
the winning run. The st. Paul crowd
went wild. and. scaling the fence,
caught Crooks and carried him out on
their shoulders The score: